Upgrade Page #7

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I don't run

this company anymore.

I haven't for years.

Now I answer to someone,

someone much smarter

than I ever could be.

He's in your neck.

ERON:
I only did

what Stem told me to do,

everything was his idea.

STEM:
Ask him what his wife

would want.

What would she want?

Stem wanted to be human,

so he picked you.

Think about it.

How did you get here?

STEM:
You're going to finish

the job we started.

ERON:
Stem made you come here.

STEM:
Someone paid him.

You know what this means, Grey.

ERON:
To kill me,

because I can build

another Stem.

I'm the only person

in the world who can.

STEM [WARPED VOICE]:

I did pick you,

you should be honored.

I needed a human body

to fully evolve.

A rare and pure specimen

without computer implants,

like you.

You did all of this?

KARA:
Error.

- [ASHA GRUNTS]

- [GREY GRUNTS]

[GUNSHOT]

FISK:
The job was you.

You're the one I'm... I'm...

I've been looking for.

ERON:
You severed your spine.

STEM:

May I point something out?

And would you not agree

it was all worth it?

Why did you help me

find those guys,

if it just led back to you?

STEM [OVER SPEAKERS]:

They were upgraded humans,

but they were still humans.

They made mistakes

that would have brought

suspicion back to me.

Stem?

Is that you?

STEM:
Put the gun down, Eron.

Don't listen to him.

[ERON GRUNTS]

[BODY THUDS]

No, please.

No.

No!

No, you are not in control!

I am.

[GUNSHOT]

Stem...

are you there?

ASHA:
I'm here.

Hey.

- But...

- We had an accident.

You've been out

for a couple of days.

Grey, this isn't you.

Grey's not here anymore,

he's in a better place,

in his mind,

where he wants to be,

I've taken over now.

A fake world is a lot

less painful than the real one.

All I needed

was for his mind to break,

- and he broke it.

- [SOBS]

No.

Goodbye.

[DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING]

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